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Edward Forbes
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“Hurrah for the dredge, with its iron edge, And its mystical triangle, And its hided net with meshes set, Odd fishes to entangle! The ship may rove through the waves above, 'Mid scenes exciting wonder; But braver sights the dredge delights As it roveth the waters under! Chorus. Then a dredging we will go, wise boys! Then a dredging we will go!”
Edward Forbes (1815–1854) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Dredging Song", signed "By a Member of the Dredging Committee of Section D", st. 1, in The Literary Gazette; and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., no. 1,242 (7 Nov. 1840), p. 725 [13]. Note: "When …